The Press., 1887-08-18
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-Burnham Lillibridge acquaints us \ with the fact that the town of Wilmington s was once nlortgaged by the grantees tc parties in Boston for % pounds, also that the town was at one time enlarged by ad fdition of strip one mile wide taken from 1 Ashford. This addition accounts for the mile square tract at the north east corner Iprojecting above the rest of the towns northern bound. aa
 The item concerning the returning to | England of MT. Hartly and family, and al l so his daughter, Mrs. Keens, and family, Twas incorrect, so far as Mrs. Keens is con- . cerned. She proposes to spend the winter out of town, but does not desire to sell her farm, to which she will return in the spring. D David Lillibridge is now living in Somers, where he is employed by the se-
 ectmen to oversee the repairing of roads. l tCsrrespondence.)
 Ir MT. and Mrs. Dave returned from England recently. Perhaps he will favor I The Press with few "reminiscences of his visit. 4 h4..a.,u -,. a,a ..a4
 William Holman, Holland side, is not as well as usual, -, rss
 Mrs Huling, Mrs. Legrand Johnson's s housekeeper, went to Guilford, Vt., last week to attend the funeral of her mother. | Miss Walters, of Brooklyn, N. Y, ad- dressed the Baptist Sunday school last Sabbath. ss E. Miss Mary James of New York is visit ing at Wm. H. Holt's. -G. Hall, IT,, & Go. lost COW from a fall in the pasture last week.
 Alexander Taylor and family from Lowell, Mass, are visiting their relatives here. 1- r
 The Tucker boys, of Vernon, spent last Sunday in town.
 Miss Ella Crawford, of New London, has been visiting her grandfather, Selden Curtis, this summer.
 The recent excursion of G. Hall & O.. .'s help to the salt water was pleasantly carried out and highly enjoyable. MT. Hall gets low rates from the N. l.. N. R. R., so that the loss of one days time by the operatives and the dollar tickets do not make this ann ual excursion a very ex- pensive one.
 George Whiting was able to be car from D. Morrison's on bed improvised in 8 wagon to his son-in-law, A. J. Bos- worth's, last week.
 Miss Helen Lockwood has returned from her trip to Mass.
 Mrs. A. J. Potter attended the funeral of her sister in Atlantic City, N. J.
 Mamie Hall is visiting in Springfield.
 Rev. W. R. Terry of New York, re- gently pastor of the church in Montowese, has accepted a unanimous call from the Baptist church to become their pastor. and enters at once on his duties. He has been on the ground some four weeks, and had looked over the field pretty thoroughly. His family, consisting of his wife and 8 young lady daughter, move into the par sonage next week. MT. Terry was ordain- ed in Nevada, 1884, and is highly recon mended by his brethren in the ministry and former parishoners as an eloquent preacher, devoted to his sacred call, and a vigorous worker. This is his present. pro- gram of weekly services Preaching at the church, Sundays, at 80 a. m. Sun day school inaaaed60tely after services {: praise meeting in vestry at D. m. pray or and conference meeting Wednesday evening at o'clock. At the hall in South Wlllington-Sunday school at p. m. i; preaching, 5 p. m. praise meeting at the close of service; weekly prayer meeting Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock Bible read lngs Thursday evenings st private houses as duly designated.
 Cleo. u. Newton, of Monson, Mass. and wife, Harriet Topliff, formerly of this town, move to Pomona, Cal, next Satur- day. -". WI
 Mrs. O. D. Rider was called to Buf- falo, N. r., last week to attend to her son. George, who was again taken with bleed ing at the lungs.
 --Harper's Young People, that bright and very wholesome weekly for our youth, IS getting to be favorite in this vicinity. Iii O of on It's own merits. Mrs. Annie A. Pres tons little story in the last number is the childish experience of former Wilmington g1rl, who was general favorite.
 Mrs Walter Morrison and children of Wllllmantic are summering at Edward Morrison's.
 Miss Alice M. Preston of Williams town, Mass, is visiting MT. and Mrs. 0. T. Preston.
 -Quite a "bee" of men and women gathered at the parsonage yesterday to clean and renovate for its occupancy. The remains of Harvey Merrick, who died in Bristol recently, will be brought here for 1nterment. Burial at the old cem- etery at 5 o'clock this D. m.
 South Willngton correspondence)
 The Eaglevilles were severely trounc ed at base ball by the South Wiilington's on Saturday, the 18th inst. The So. Will lington's commenced to play ball in the tirst inning and continued through, bat ting Prue sharply at all stages of the game, while Willard piched a very effective game, and did good work with the stuck. The score: so. WELLINGTON. RUNS. EAGLEv111E. RUNS. Hall, c., Vinton c F. Willard, D., Thomnson. 1b 2 Neil, h., FanIkper M. Willard Oh T. D- 65, " "'